I retained Attorney Griffith in August to handle my divorce. I gave him a retainer of $6000. He apparently used it all up and never gave me an accounting. My husband was a wealthy man, and I was flat broke and suffering from a brain tumor. My husband's lawyer deposed me; my lawyer would not depose my husband or invetigate how he was disposing of his income. My husband drained our accounts. We had a trial; the judge ordered that he pay me $200 a week and $119,000 as a lump sum. He never paid me either the weekly amount or the lump sum. At least three or four times, we have gone to court to get the arrearages owed; each time, my ex has given a check payable to M. Griffith for several thousand dollars and my attorney has adamantly refused to turn over the monies to me, claiming that they are needed for his fees. He has also made "deals" with my ex, to which I have not been a party. Right now, he is holding a check for $3000 in his office for the past three months. No matter how I beg, he refuses to turn over the moneys to me.
He is also the lawyer in charge of getting my back child support paid. He has received checks from my son's father, and again, I have never seen a cent. He refuses to return calls.
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